So far, polls suggest Gov. Scott Walker is doing well among conservatives in the early-voting state of Iowa. Voters at a recent campaign stop in the state seemed convinced that his positive attributes as a candidate outweigh his potential weaknesses on the national and international stage.

The state will be gathering water and sediment samples along the Lake Superior shoreline next week as part of a federal effort to gauge the health of the Great Lakes, although fewer sites will be sampled due to state budget cuts.

Ryan Honl, a whistleblower at the troubled Tomah Veteran Affairs Hospital, has reached a settlement with the VA after he said coworkers retaliated against him for speaking out against fraud and prescription practices.

In less than a month, the Menominee tribe in Wisconsin will hold a referendum on legalizing the use of marijuana for both medicinal and recreational purposes. The tribe's chairman talks about why its being put up to a vote. Plus, a tribal law expert weighs in.

Governor Walker, along with three other Republican presidential candidates, has said that he supports the First Amendment Defense Act. Supporters of the bill say that it protects people’s religious beliefs about marriage. Opponents say it would result in discrimination against gays and people who have sex outside of marriage.

Gov. Scott Walker's jobs agency gave a Wisconsin businessman a $1 million loan nine months after a federal judge wrote that other deals involving the person had "all the earmarks of fraud." Now the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is suing to get its money back. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first...

Wisconsin’s two U.S. senators don't agree on the best way to protect military recruiting centers from terrorist attacks, with both introducing legislation this week they say would help prevent such incidents.

A private plane crashed Wednesday morning on an Oshkosh runway during the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual "fly-in," an event that attracts aviators worldwide. The single-engine Piper Malibu crashed at about 7:45 a.m Wednesday on a runway at Wittman field in Oshkosh. Four of the five people on board were able...